Method for driving liquid crystal panel, method for testing flicker and liquid crystal display apparatus

A method for testing flicker of the liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines which are crossed respectively to form a plurality of pixel units in rectangular arrangement, each of the plurality of pixel units comprising one thin film transistor and one pixel electrode, wherein in two adjacent columns of pixel units in the plurality of pixel units, one column common data line is connected with the pixel electrodes located on the opposed sides of the common data line alternatively through the thin film transistors, the method for testing flicker of the liquid crystal panel comprises:

• displaying a flicker test pattern on the liquid crystal panel;
• detecting and determining that the pattern displayed on the liquid crystal panel is the flicker test pattern which needs to be used in conjunction with a specific polarity arrangement, the specific polarity arrangement being configured such that the first row of pixel electrodes and the last row of pixel electrodes have the same polarity and that starting from the second row of pixel electrodes, each two rows of pixel electrodes constituting a group of pixel electrodes in sequence, in which each row of the pixel electrodes in the odd groups of pixel electrodes have a polarity opposed to that of the first row of the pixel electrodes, while each row of the pixel electrodes in the even groups of pixel electrodes have the same polarity as the first row of the pixel electrodes;
• converting the driving mode of the liquid crystal panel by a converting method comprising:
• applying data line driving signals with opposed polarities to the odd columns of data lines and the even columns of data lines, respectively, within one frame of picture, wherein the polarities of the data line driving signals are inversed, each time two rows of the gate lines have been scanned, to form a specific polarity arrangement, and the initial data line driving signals for two adjacent frames of pictures have opposed polarities;
• and
• detecting the flicker level or extent of the liquid crystal panel.

A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

• a liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines which are crossed respectively to form a plurality of pixel units in rectangular arrangement, each of the plurality of pixel units comprising one thin film transistor and one pixel electrode, wherein in two adjacent columns of pixel units in the plurality of pixel units, one column common data line is connected with the pixel electrodes located at the opposed sides of the common data line alternatively through the thin film transistors;
• a source driver IC (Integrated Circuit) to which the plurality of data lines are connected, the source driver IC being configured to provide the data line driving signals with opposed polarities to the odd columns of data lines and the even columns of data lines;
• and
• a polarity control unit connected to the source driver IC, the polarity control unit being configured, within one frame of picture, to inverse the polarities of the data line driving signals each time two rows of the gate lines have been scanned to form the specific polarity arrangement, and configured to make the initial data line driving signals for two adjacent frames of pictures have opposed polarities,
• wherein the specific polarity arrangement is configured such that the first row of pixel electrodes and the last row of pixel electrodes have the same polarity and that starting from the second row of pixel electrodes, each two rows of pixel electrodes constituting a group of pixel electrodes in sequence, in which each row of the pixel electrodes in the odd groups of pixel electrodes have a polarity opposed to that of the first row of the pixel electrodes while each row of the pixel electrodes in the even groups of pixel electrodes have the same polarity as the first row of the pixel electrodes.